Mold element for casting justified lines of single type, logo-types, words, divided slugs, and type bars



MOLD ELEMENT FOR CASTING JUSTIFIED LINES OF SINGLE'TYPE, LOGO TYPES,

R. EMERY Nov. 16 1926.

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I R. EMERY MOLD ELEMENT FOR CASTING JUSTIFIED LINES 0F SINGLE TYPE, LOGOTYPES,

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R. EMERY MOLD ELEMENT FOR CASTING JUSTIFIED LINES OF SINGLE TYPE, LOGOTYPES, WORDS, DIVIDED SLUGS, AND TYPE BARS Filed Sept. 14. 1922 4Sheets-Sheet 5 awwentoz New. 16 1926.

R. EMERY MOLD ELEMENT FOR CASTING JUSTIFIED LINES OF SINGLE TYPE, LOGOTYPES,

WORDS, DIVIDED SLUGS AND TYPE BARS 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Sept. 14, 1922Patented Nov. 16, 1926.

BOY EMERY, or BROOKLYN, New YORK.

MOLD ELEMENT FOR CASTING ausrrr nn L nes on sINGLETY'rE, LOGO-TYPES.wonns, DIVIDED sLues, Ann rgrn BARS.

Application filed September 14, 1922. Serial No. 588,281.

in print and then assembled in line, the

composed line transferred to the face of a slotted mold, the mold filledwith molten metal to form a slug or line of type against the matriceswhich produces the type-characters thereon, and the matrices thereafterreturned through distributing mechanism to the magaz ne from which theystarted.

This invention has for its object to provide a type of matrices for usein machines of the character above described whereby it may be possibleto set individual type-characters and spaces and units for spacejustitying with this class of mach nes without materially changing theform of the machine as now in ordinary use.

A further object is to make it possible to cast individual typecharacters and spacing units, separate one from another, excepting thatall are connected to slug when cast, by a small web of metal which canbe easily removed from the type, leaving the individual type-charactersand spacing and justifying members forming a line that will justify intoa line of a given length, thus making it possible to make correctionsin'the product of linotype machines by inserting single characters orwords in the place of the incorrect characters or wordswithout thenecessity of resetting anentire line of type.

Vith these and other objects in view reference may be had to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a sideview of one of the matrices with a small part of themolding mechanism indicated. The casting chamber of the matrix isindicated in dotted lines, and

a. part of the matrix-wall is broken away to disclose the type; Fig. 2is an edge view of the matrix shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is of the reverseof that shown in Fig. 1; 4 is an enlarged perspective view of thematri'x; Fig. 5 is an elevational view of a number of the matricesassembled in relation for casting with two spacing matrices therewith;

Fig. 6 is a sectional viewtaken on the line 6-6 looking 1n the dlrectionof the arrows,

excepting that the position ott'the wedges in the spacing matrices'ismerely indicated by dotted lines, instead of the construction beingshown insection; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the type product castfrom the matrices shown in Figs. 5 and 6; Fig. 8 is one of the matricesfor casting spaces and for justifying spaces adapted for use with thecharacter matrix shown in Figs. 1 to 6; Fig. 9 is a side view of thespace casting matrix shown in Fig. 8; Fig. 10 is a reverse View of thematrix shown in Fig. 8; Fig. 1.1 is a reverse view of the adjustingmem-' ber of the matrix for casting spaces including wedge and is shownobversely in Fig. 10; Fig. 12 is-a reverse view of the lugmember of thematrix for casting'spaces including wedge and is shown obversely in Fig. 8; Fig. 13 is an enlarged perspective view of the matrix shown inFigs. 8 to 12; Fig. 14 is ahorizontal sectional view taken on the linewiom'o of Fig. 8; Fig. 15, Sheet 1, is a longitudinal. sectional viewtaken on the line azm'zm2z' of Fig. 1 indicating a form of constructionof the character matrix; Fig. 16 is a view of a modified form of thespace casting matrix; Fig. 17 is a side view of, the form of the matrixshown in Fig. 16; Fig. 18 is a reverse view of the matrix shown in Fig.16; Fig. 19 is reverse view of the adjusting member of the matrix shownin Figs. 16 to 18 and shown obversely in Fig. 18; Fig. 20 is a reverseView of the li1g n1e1nbe1' of the matrix shown in Figs. 16 to 18andshown obversely in Fig. 16; Fig. 21 is a perspective view of'themodified form of matrice shown in F igs; 16 to- 20,

inclusive; Fig. 22 is av detail view showing the construction of thewedge in spacer. Fig. 23 is a'sectional view taken on the linea':aziiimazii of Fig. 16; Fig. 24 is a view'of a J anus-faced matrix inwhich a form of.

is an enlarged perspective view of a further modification of the spacecasting matrix wherebyv a character can be cast upon a space at variablewidth, and of a length ier.

adapted torpr nting with the type; Fig.

28'is a l-enlarged perspective view of a still further modification ot'the space casting matrix, and Fig. 29 is an isometric perspec- V tive ofthe type product from my character matrices used with the form of spacecastingmatrix shownin Fig. 27, with the eX- ception that in this figurethespaces are indicated as cast without any character thereon. The slugis connected at the foot of the .type. Fig. is an enlarged perspec-.tive ofa-modified form of spacing matrix. Fig. 31 is an ,end elevat onalView of the type product shown in Fig. 7

In the practice of my invention matrices are used substantially the sameas those ordinarily used in linotypemachines, but

certain modifications are as follows? Instead of casting in a matrixprovided in the edge 11 of the matrix ltl as in ordinary practice, Iprovide a shoulder 12 overa recess 13 in the edge of the matrix, and.thecharacter frOmwhic-h the type character is cast,-F is formed in theunder surface of the saidshoulder 12. The-edge lower member thereof; 17indicates a tootplate which acts in conjunction with the molding members15' and 16 in positioning the m'old'and forming the foot-of! the type.This toot-plate enters the recess of the matrices as 18 and is movedupwardly tor the casting operation when it is in the posi-' tionindicated in Figure 1. v 7

I do not claim thismo-lding means as a part otthis invention, butonlyindicate it in order to illustrate the slight. departures such as maybenecessary, from mechanisi'n now in use, inthe practice of my inventionand thus demonstrate the feasibility of my invention.

Thematrii; may be made from a single piece of material or it may beformed from two superposed plates, in which case the lugs-19 would beprovidedupon one plate and therecess 13 would be formed inthe Imatingmember before assembling the parts 7 fan of the matrix. In Fig. 15 Sheet1, is shown a sectional view of one of thematrix formed from two plates,in which A indicates the matrice, A the member 1n which the recessiswfornie'd, and .A the 'member on which the lugs are formed, fullyillustrated as to form in other views of the drawings.-

The edge wall ll of the recess13is' notched as at 11 v to admit a'bead20 formed by the ision as EZOprm-dded on the mold mem- 16, so whena number of matrices are ahned in the mold. and them-olding menibers arebrought into position, and the mol- The mold is so ronstructed that itforms slug or tang 21 which is connected by a thin web-of metal to thetype members as 22., (see Fig. 7) and this thin web of metal joins thetype body at the upper portion of,

the notches as 11 By this procof castingsingle type in a linctypemachine I make it possible to set type by a type of machine which isalready introduced and at the same time overcome a objectien'toline-casting machines;

cast an entire line to correct a single word or single letter. e

To "justify a line of type so that when assembled in a line it willproduce a justified line of a desired length, I provide a inatria forcasting spaces as 23 shown in Figures 8 to 14 andmodiiied forms thereareshown in other views ot' the drawings.

The space casting matrix comprises, a wed e 2 the lug-member 25 andthe-adjus :ng member 26. The wedge 24 is provided with tongues and 24twhich extend longitudinally thereotand slide in grooves provided in thelug-member '25, and the adjusting member 26, respectively. The lugmember 25 has parallel grooves 25 and the adjusting member 26 hasparallel grooves 26* therein. -The" grooves 25 of the lug-memher are'ina plane with the body 01 the lug-member, but the grooves 26 ot' theadjusting member are inclined from the planeat an angle con f, rmingwith the in-lination 0t the'wedgc whereby he'lugineniber and theadjusting member are relativeiy moved from one another as the wedge isinserted. therehctiwen and forced 1 inwardly in the irection of the thinpoint there-ct; and vice versa, so that when the wedge is withdrawn wepartsare' in. nor mal pesitiombm when the wedgesare forced upwar ythe'thickness-ot the matrix and the casting spacein the recess thereofis relativelv increased.

vBoth members of the spacing matrix are recessed as at 2? and 28correspondingly with the matrix for-charactersas at 18 for admitting thetoot-plate 17. and the lug member 25 not-:hed at 29 to-admit the bead 2ithe molding means, correspond- Iingly with thenotch' 11? in the edgewall 11 of the matrix 10 V The adjusting member 26' is recessed as at 30and a flange member 31 is provided on the l'ugernember 25, and fitssnugly within the recess 30. lVhen' the two members are adjusted closelythe edge of the flangemember 31 will be substantially in alinement withthe. outer surface of the adjusting member, 26, but as they move onefrom another, the flange receding forms a wall at the upper endof therecess and in the base or rear of the recess, so that there can be noopen space" between the lug-member and the adjusting member, but theflange member serves as an extension wall for the recess oi the adjListing member 26. By properly determining the taper of the wedge, andthe thickness-and dimensions of the members of the matrix-es any size orthickness of space body can be cast.

When the type matrices are assembled in the mold for casting they are inseries, as follows: a wall, a recess, a wall a recess and a matrixholding jaw which forms one side of. the end character when spacematrices are introduced the same order obtains (see Figs; 5 and 6). Thusthe type is formed partly by the matrix which forms the char acter, butone side is formed by the outer surface of the adjacent matrix. whetherthe adjacent unit be a space casting matrix or a character matrix Butthe body cast in the spacing matrix is shorter than that cast inthecharacter matrix.

To prevent the lug-member from displacement longitudinally relative tothe adj'i'isting member, by sliding onthe wedge, a pin 32 is set in thelug-member and is disposed through a hole, 33 in the adjusting member.To prevent the'wedge from being withdrawn from the" members of thespacing matrix by its thin end a stud 34 is set in the; wedge near itsthick end.

Tn Figures 16 to 23 I have shown certain modifications of the spacecasting'matrix'. The matrix proper 35', is not recessed so deeply at 36.as is the specific form hereinbetore described, said recess extendingonly to the base of the recess, 37, for casting the .typeor space-body.The lug-member is provided with an extension 38which fits within therecess 3 of the adjusting member. r

"llie weclge 40' is made with tongues 40 said 40*, which are at a spaceddistance from the faces- 40 and 40 of the wedge and cor respondinggrooves are. provided; in the members of the matrix. By using this formof the wedge, it is possible to extend. the wedge so thatv its outersurfaces 40 and 40 are flush with the exterior of the matrix members orthe recess 39 of the adjusting member. The wedge may be made integrallvbut if desired maybe made of superposed members, as 41, 42 and 43 asshown in Fig. 22.

A further modification of the space casting matrix is shown in F ig.27.' In this This is true V the casting recess.

arm. thereofthe matrix 44 is the same as the form described-in the aboveand toregoing and shown in Figures 16 to 23 of the drawings, except,that the recess; 45 is of a depth to correspond with the recess inthecharacter matrices and the space bodies may be cast as high as the type;and in addition to this, any character, as a period a'hyphen a star orany letteror asterisk 1 as 46 may be provided so that the space body maybe employed for printing certain characters which are often repeated, orany character desired may be cast in the spacing matrix. vlilxpansiblematrices (styled spacing matrices) may be employed for casting any orall characters, on variable bodies.

A still further modification is shown in Figure 28. The upper portion ofthe matrix 47, is the same as that shown in Figure 27 except that nocharacter is employed in this form, but the shoulder 48 is plain andforms a plain upper end on' the space body; and is is desired to' havespaces shorter than the type this meets the requirements.

. In Figures 24, 25"and 26 I show a character matrix which will casttwo. different characters.-

56 and 57 on opposite sides of the matrix, having characters therein as6 and F respectively. There are'now in use various devices for turningorreversing matrices in linotype machines and by use of these it ispossible to' employ this matrixto a advantage from an economicstandpoint.

In Figure 24 I have shown a mold by which the type is cast from the footinstead of themiddle or body-portion of the. type. Y In Figure 29', I-have shown in perspective a slug with a number of characters, viz. O f th e ti 111 e It is possible" to V The matrix 53 has two recesses '54 and55 with two overhanging shoulders great Hill make space betweenthebodies of'the type and the spaces very thin by making the partitionwalls thin, so that the length of the slug will be but slightly longerthan the linei'n which the type is to be set in the form and justifiedfor printing. This is regulated by the thickness of the wall of If thewalls are made very thin the sum of the thickness of the walls plus thespace occupied by the'type and spaces will be'but little greater thanthe justified line of type.

In Figure 30 I- have shown a modified Ill form of a matrix as 58 whichis substantially the same as that shown in Figs. 1 to 4: except that ithas no side wall to the recess 59, as 1.1 in Fig. 4 so that an integralunit may be, cast in this matrix and the adjacent matrix. This matrixmay be of any desired thickness and with or without a character in theshoulder 60.

While I have specifically described the forms of matrices illustrated inthe drawings, I do not wish to be limited thereby but reserve the rightto depart therefrom within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A matrix of the character described having a recess for casting, witha rear wall. and one side wall, formed longitudinally in one side of thematrix, a shoulder for forming the top of the unit cast, and atransverse recess for positioning the casting mold, substantially asshown and described,

.2. A. matrix of the character described having a recess for casting,with a rear wall and oneside wall, formed longitudinally in one side ofthe matrix, a shoulder for forming the top'of the unit cast, disposed inthe upper part of the recess, and a transverse recess, formed in thelower part of the matrix, for positioning the casting mold, and a recessin the edge of the side wall for forming a notch in the unit cast,substantially as shown and described.

3. A matrix of the character described in combination with a matrix ofvariable thickness and having a recess for casting, with a rear wall andone side wall, formed longi' tudinaliy in one side of the matrix,variable in width according to the variable thickness of the'matrix, anelement provided at the upper portion of the recess for forming the topof the unit cast, and means for adjusting the variable thickness of thematrix, sub-. stantially as shown and described.

4. A. matrix of the character described, in" combination with a matrixof variable thickness and having a recess for casting parallel with theaxis thereof in oneside of the matrix and variable in width according tothe variable thickness of the matrix, an element provided at the upperportion of the recess for forming the top of the unit cast, means foradJusting the variable thickness of the matrix, means for preventingdisplacement of casting metal when the matrix is variably adjusted, andmeans for positioning the casting mold, substantially as shown anddescribed.

V 5. A matrix of the character described'in combination with a matrix ofvariable thick .ness and having a recess for casting, formed parallelwith the axis of the matrix in one side of thematrix and variable inwidth according to the variable thickness of the matrix, a shoulderformed in the matrix at the upper part thereof for forming the top ofthe unit cast, a recess in the edge of the side'- wall for forming anotch in the unit cast, a transverse recess in the lower part of thematrix forpositioning the casting mold.

6. A matrix of the character described in combination. with a matrix ofvariable thickness and havinga recess for casting, with a rear wall andone side wall, formed longitudinally in one side of the matrix parallelwith the axis thereof and Variable in width according to the variablethickness of the matrix, adaptable for casting spaces and justifyingspaces and having a shoulder at the upper part of the matrix for formingthe top of the unit cast, whereby the spacing units are made lower thancharacter units, means for: yariably adjusting the thickness of thematrix, means for re taining the relative longitudinal relation of theadjustablemembers of the matrix, substantially as described and shownand for he purposes set forth. V

7. In combination, a matrix of the character described having a recessfor casting with a rear wall and one side wall formed longitudinally inone side thereof, a shoulder for forming the top of the unit cast and atransverse recess for positioning the casting mold and an auxiliarymatrix having a recess with a rear wall and corresponding with therecesses of the primary matrix but having a shorter casting recesswhereby the portion of the unit formed by the auxiliary matrix willterminate at the base of the character formed upon the unit; said matrixbeing adapted when disposed in line with other matrices for castingindividual types as herein described for adding to the thickness of theunit cast in thecharacter matrix adjacent for justifying the type castin one operation substantially asv shown and described.

8. In combination, a matrix ofthe character described, having a recessfor casting with a rearwall and one side wall formed longitudinally inone sideof the matrix and parallel with the longitudinal axis thereof,

a shoulder for forming the top .of the unit ROY EMERY.

